[mythtv-users] Mythvideo File Scan 100% CPU + memory leak

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/28/2008 07:11 AM, Lachlan McIntosh wrote:
> For the benefit of some other poor sod who spends their evenings either
> watching entertainment on a mythbox or trying to make one work....
>
> If your mythfrontend runs at 100% CPU when you enter MythVideo you might
> want to >check the file permissions< on ALL the files in your Myth Video
> directories.
>
> If the Mythfrontend user does not have permissions then it seems that
> the file scan enters some form of hard loop.  In my case I couldn't even
> remotely log into the box, Ctrl-Alt-Backspace or if I was logged in I
> couldn't type commands.
>
> As soon as I fixed the file permissions then the problem disappeared.

If you can provide a means to reproduce the issue (i.e. instructions for 
setting up a broken directory structure), I think Greg would be very 
appreciative of a ticket.

Thanks,
Mike